Fallen Eagle

Chapter VI: On Display

Get used to this saying guys, but you are so *BLEEP* awesome! I've worn that word out already, I need a new one. Anyway, it felt so good to obviously get more and more reviews, but I am really thrilled to have 18 favorites and 23 followers for this story. If this story gets more than 30+ of each, I will be so happy. And to the guest reviewer who asked "When you say Normal POV, you mean 3rd person right?" Yes I do mean that. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I just assumed everyone would know what that meant, my bad.

Also, this chapter will mainly be flashbacks, so hope you all enjoy those.

That's pretty much all I have to say folks, please enjoy chapter VI and don't forget to review, follow and favorite!

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(The morning after, Cougar's POV)

I was surprised that I got to sleep at all last night without hearing jet engines rumble and raising hell all night long. Nonetheless, I felt fully rested when I awoke the next morning. With a yawn and a stretch, I sat up from my cot and scratched my back. It was then I realized from looking outside my doorless door frame and cracked window that it was still nighttime outside, though the sky on the horizon was slowly getting brighter as Celestia and Luna performed their morning routines. "Well, no point in going back to sleep," I said to myself and stood up onto my feet and put my shoes back on. I grabbed my T-shirt whichwas hanging from a loose nail on the trim around the door frame as a makeshift coat hanger.

The floor beneath me squeaked rather loudly since it was extremely silent outside, not even crickets were chirping. The only noises I could hear was my own breath and the sound of snoring livestock. "Wish I had my watch," I muttered and stepped outside onto the ground, sucking in a deep breath through my nose and out my mouth. My nostrils were rewarded with the sweet and soothing smell of the country side, apples and grass. Hoping I wasn't waking anyone too early, I walked as quietly as I could towards the house, taking in how beautiful the farm looked in the early morning dawn. A small stream of light cascaded outside the windows of the Apple family's dining room and kitchen. From outside, I could see the dark silhouette of somepony wandering back and forth through the kitchen.

Squinting my eyes, I could tell that it was either Applejack or Granny Smith since Big Mac was definitely more noticeable and Applebloom wouldn't have been tall enough to be seen through the window. I still walked quietly to the kitchen door and softly knocked on the wooden door. The figure inside the kitchen turned around and walked over to the door and opened it to reveal the sweet, green and wise face of Granny Smith. "Well, good mornin' there Cougar!" She exclaimed and welcomed me inside. I thanked her and shut the door for her as I walked in. "So, didja sleep good? What're ya doin' up so early?" She asked me with genuine curiosity. I took off my Drive to End Hunger hat and set it on the table to be polite.

"Yeah actually," I rubbed my eyes, "that cot is pretty comfortable," I added. I could smell the ever so enchanting aroma of eggs, oatmeal, coffee and biscuits with country gravy being cooked on the stove top.

"Ah'm glad yer first night here was comfortable," Granny replied, "are ya always up at 5:00?" She asked me again and stirred the scrambled eggs and oatmeal.

"Being in the military for seven years, I was always up this early," I said and stood up from the table, "here Mrs. Smith, let me help you," I offered and grabbed a big wooden spoon to stir the gravy and the oatmeal.

"Well, ain't you the sweetest thing?" She pinched my arm sweetly and went to check the coffee maker. I smiled at her and grabbed a silverware spoon from the drawer to taste the gravy. "'N you can call me Granny Smith, everypony calls me that and Ah never liked them fancy formalities anyway, 'cept when Ah was uh filly 'o course and called mah elders Mr. Ms. Miss or Mrs.," she explained.

"Alright then Granny Smith, I just wanted to be formal and polite to my boss," I replied. Granny poured herself a cup of coffee and sat down at the table.

"Ya don't have to worry 'bout that, jest mind yer manners and treat everypony how you wanna be treated 'n you'll fit in jest fine!" Granny sipped on her coffee. A timer went off and Granny sat up from the table and opened the oven.

"Those smell delicious," I commented after the smell of fresh home-made buttermilk biscuits wafted over my nose.

"Ole family recipe from when I was uh lil filly, haven't changed the recipe at all 'n Ah don't plan on changing it now," Granny set the baking sheet full of a dozen biscuits on top of the stove in front of the pots of gravy and oatmeal and the pan of scrambled eggs.

"So, what time does everypony else wake up Granny Smith?" I asked her, still getting used to saying pony instead of body. The elderly green pony looked out the window as Celesita's sun peaked over the horizon.

"Three, two, one," Granny counted down and pointed out towards the picket fence next to the chicken coop.

"COCKA-DOODLE-DOO!" The rooster crowed loudly. The food was done and Granny handed, or hoofed I should say, me a bowl with a ladle to pour the gravy in, a basket for the biscuits, a large plate for the eggs, and another bowl for the oatmeal. From downstairs, I could hear the sound of the three ponies upstairs waking up from their slumber. The sound of hoof steps clacking on the wooden floor easily alerted to me and Granny that Applejack, Applebloom and Big Mac were on their way down.

"'N that should jest about cover breakfast!" Granny declared after putting the coffee into several mugs and set them on the table. She sat down at the head of the table, awaiting her grandchildren to enter the dining room.

"Mornin' Granny Smith!" Applejack entered the room without her signature cowgirl hat atop her head, "oh, mornin' to ya too Cougar," she added with a warm grin and sat down next to me. Applebloom scurried into the dining room and hopped up onto the seat right across from me, looking as hungry as ever.

"Hey Cougar, how was yer shed last night?" She questioned.

"Morning Bloomin' Onion," I said, to which she giggled. "It was perfect, kept me nice and warm and the cot was actually pretty darn comfy," I replied. The adorable yellow filly licked her lips at the sight of the breakfast before her and awaited her big brother to finally come in.

"Eeyup!" Big Mac announced when he entered, he then lowered his eyebrows when he saw me and then sat down next to Applebloom.

"Cougar, didja help Granny with breakfast?" Applejack asked me after looking at all the food and then at me as I had a few splotches of gravy on my fingers from the spoon.

"Yeah, I woke up earlier than I thought I would, so I came in to help Granny," I said.

"Well, ain't that jest the cat's meow?" Applejack commented with a chuckle, "ya really want ta prove yer worth here huh?" She asked me. I nodded in reply, but I didn't say anything.

"Are we gonna jest jabber-jaw to the cows come home?" Applebloom asked, "or we gonna chow down?"

"Whut? Them cows got out again?" Granny asked, "Ah gotta get a new lock fer their pens," she added, "anyhoo, let's eat," she said and we all started digging in.

"So after breakfast, Ah'll show ya basically what yer gonna be doin' here on the farm Cougar," Applejack swallowed a bite of her eggs.

"Sounds good, but when do we start the harvesting?" I asked.

"Wednesday 'o next week if everythin' is on schedule," Applebloom took a sip of her milk.

"But I'm sure harvesting apples is not all you do around here, correct?" I took a bite of a buttermilk biscuit dipped in country gravy.

"Nnope," Big Mac replied to me, not saying anything else while drinking his coffee. Applejack suppressed a belch with her hoof before responding.

"We also feed all our critters, plow the fields, sell our apples, repair farming equipment, plant new trees, we also got corn, potatoes, carrots, cabbage and all sorts o' vegetables to harvest aside from our main harvest o' apples," she explained.

"Sounds like fun," I shot back while motioning with my cup of coffee, "I am pretty good with fixing things," I added.

"Well, sum 'o our wagons do need regular fixin'," Granny Smith exclaimed. Breakfast went over pretty quickly. Since it was a Sunday, not that much work besides straightening up the house had to be done. Applejack took me around the farm and showed me everything they did and told me what my job would be.

"Alright Cougar, in the mornins' after breakfast, we come out and feed the chickens in the chicken coop, milk the cows and feed them as well, feed the sheep and clean out their pens," she explained, "after that, we start bucking trees to git the apples off."

"My legs aren't anywhere as powerful as a ponies," I pointed out, "so how am I going to buck trees with you and Big Mac?" I questioned.

"Not to worry, you'll be responsible fer bringing those big wooden barrels out fer the apples to fall into and then we take 'em and store 'em in the cellar below the house and like Ah said before, we take five barrels o' apples to the Saturday market 'n we sell 'em. And then we also do routine maintenance on various equipment, chop firewood, mow the lawn etc. 'N if ya have any questions while yer workin', don't hesitate to ask," she smiled at me, "'n possibly I can make sure ya work with Applebloom often since she really likes ya."

"Wow, sounds like a dream," I commented, "I love fresh air and hard work that makes you sweat," I said.

"Ya came to the right place then, now, Ah don't want you to push yerself too hard until ya get to the doctor to get yer back checked on Tuesday, but tomorrow ya can help feed our livestock 'n mow the lawn," Applejack motioned.

"I can't wait to get started," I replied.

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(Two Weeks Later. Cougar's POV)

It was a Friday evening and I laid down on my cot in my living quarters, head resting on my hands while listening to my iPad. The last two weeks have been intriguing to say the least. It pretty much started on Tuesday when I was scheduled to go back to Canterlot to have the royal physicians look me over. But, that's not all that happened. Despite Celestia giving an announcement to all of Canterlot, the ponies of the posh city still didn't take my arrival lightly. Luckily for me though, I had my six acquaintances plus Spike with me.

*FLASHBACK*

"You guys really didn't have to come with me and Applejack," I said to the five other ponies and dragon inside our train car, "it's just a routine doctor visit," I added. I was sitting closest to the window, watching the beautiful scenery pass by. Next to me was Applejack whom had snuck a few apples aboard and was quietly munching on one. Twilight and Spike sat nearest to the car's door, the former reading a book that I couldn't identify while the latter was reading a comic book with the title Power Ponies adorning the cover. I noticed that his reptilian eyes darted up from the colorful comic to Rarity whom sat across from him several times. And every time he did, his eyes would linger upon her for at least three to five seconds.

Rarity was seated next to and chatting with Fluttershy, something about visiting the spa again. Even back on Earth, I never understood why women loved the spa so much, but then again, I really didn't care. Rainbow Dash was snoring loudly and muttering something about Daring Do in her sleep and Pinkie Pie was seating directly across from me, eating cupcakes and kept babbling on and on about how much better my back might be and was beating around the bush that she might want a piggy back ride. I may never understand that particular pony.

"Don't mention it Cougar," Twilight looked up from her textbook, "we're all friends, for the most part anyway; I was also hoping to see Princess Celestia again about the Summer Sun Celebration," the purple alicorn went back to her textbook.

"Okay, but I don't want you guys to get bored or anything for just a check-up," I repeated. Rarity ceased her conversation with Fluttershy just to gasp.

"Perish the thought Cougar, Canterlot is the capital of sophistication and elegance," she described, "and I hopefully will get to meet up with Fancy Pants and Fleur-De-Lis again. It has been sometime since I've talked with them face to face," she tapped her chin with her hoof. Applejack tapped me on the shoulder and stuck her hoof into her mouth, making a gagging motion which made me chuckle.

The train lurched as it came to a stop at the Canterlot train station. The sudden motion jerked Rainbow awake from her nap. "Gah! 44?!" She exclaimed as if answering a surprise math problem in school. Her eyes darted around the room of the train car and looked outside to see various ponies awaiting to board the train from the platform. "Oh, here already?" She yawned and stretched. Twilight's magic opened the door and all eight of us exited the room where other ponies merged with our group to exit the train, though not all ignored me. Several ran right back into their rooms or ran as fast as they could to get out of the train. Some just cowered as they walked near me, scared of what I might do.

"Jest ignore 'em Coug," Applejack advised me, "Celestia said she would explain everythin' to the ponies 'o Canterlot 'n the news might still be unbelievable to 'em," she explained.

"To be honest, I really don't care Applejack," I replied, "I won't bother them if they won't bother me, simple rules for dealing with certain creatures in my world," I explained to her.

"Oh, um like what certain creatures?" Fluttershy spoke in her soft as cotton voice.

"Bees mainly, sometimes bears or moose," I retorted. The sun seemed to be shining brighter in Canterlot, or maybe I was just seeing things, but either way, I put on my aviator sunglasses and my vision was filled with much less glare. Thankfully, there was a path cleared for our group with Twilight leading the way. We had left the train depot and were on what I believed to be the main road to the castle.

"Is that that creature the princess spoke of?" I heard a posh voice ask. Great, just what got under my skin the most. Rich, stuck up people (or ponies in this instance) that believe just because they have money and speak in fake accents that they are better than everypony.

"It is absolutely hideous!" I heard another voice exclaim. I tuned them out by focusing on the walk ahead of me and thinking of working back on the farm, which worked. Rarity scared the crap out of all of us when she shrieked so loudly I worried that all the glass in Canterlot would shatter.

"FANCY PANTS!" She shrieked before regaining her 'normal' composure and briskly trotted up to a white unicorn that had a blue mane, a tiny blue mustache, a tuxedo and was adorning a monocle on his left eye.

"Ah, Ms. Rarity, a delight to see you again!" Fancy Pants exclaimed and wrapped a foreleg around her. A female unicorn with a very light pink and white mane and had light purple eye shadow on was, hanging to Fancy Pants. Literally hanging onto him and leaning over his back. I leaned over to Fluttershy.

"Who is hanging onto Fancy Pants there?" I whispered.

"That's Fleur-De-Lis, she's Fancy Pants' wife," Fluttershy explained, "they help design fancy formal attire for Canterlot's most elite figures."

"Okay, I had a totally different idea of what she was from how she was hanging off of him," I rolled my eyes.

"Oh, and who and what is this creature over here?" Fancy Pants' magic cleaned off his monocle. He politely stuck out his hoof. This guy is off to a good start for me. He doesn't sound or act like those stuck up spoiled snobs I grew accustomed to on Earth. My sunglasses were removed before I talked with him.

"My name is Cougar; I'm a human from a world I called Earth," I shook his hoof.

"A human named Cougar you say?" He raised an eyebrow, "how did you ever get that name young sir?" he asked me.

"It's my call sign, I was in my country's Air Force before I somehow transported here," I explained.

"Well I suppose any friend of Rarity's is a friend of me and my wife," Fancy Pants smiled.

"We're not friends," Rarity and I both said at the same time. "More like acquaintances," Rarity finished.

"All the same to me, now I must be off, I hope to speak with you later Mr. Cougar, you seem like an interesting fellow," Fancy bowed and left with his wife whom was still clinging to him like a dog to a piece of ham.

"That was a great job socializing Cougar!" Twilight congratulated me.

"Thanks I guess. I do know how to politely socialize," I replied, putting my sunglasses back on, "as long the pony I'm talking too isn't being an asshole that is," I added. I suddenly felt my arm being yanked out of its socket by Pinkie and thrust into the face of another Canterlot pony.

"Try it again! You there, say hi to our friend Cougar!" Pinkie kept pushing me towards the unsuspecting pony.

"Please don't hurt me!" The pony galloped away.

"GET BACK HERE AND LOVE HIM!" Pinkie shouted at the cloud of dust the pony left behind.

"Come on guys, can we get to the castle already? These stuck up types really bore me," Rainbow commented.

"Ah couldn't agree more Rainbow," Applejack agreed. And with that, we headed off for the castle once again. We reached the main golden gates that had two guards with golden helmets and spears standing in front. One was a yellowish pegasus and the other was a white unicorn.

"Princess Twilight, here to see Princess Celestia and Luna I presume?" The pegasus guard asked.

"Of course Flash; I trust you like your new post here in Canterlot?" Twilight responded as the unicorn guard opened up the gates.

"Yeah, I liked my position at the Crystal Empire, but I like being away from the cold north," Flash replied. The eight of us entered and Twilight gave a more than friendly wave to the guard known as Flash.

"Anything going on between them?" I asked Rainbow.

"Like you wouldn't believe," the cyan pegasus replied as she floated above us, "but they deny it like their lives depended on it," she explained. The walk up to the main doors of the castle went by without a hitch. Applejack knocked on the door for us and two more guards opened said door.

"Twilight! Do come in!" I heard Luna's voice speak over the two guards. The doors opened wider, allowing us to pass through to see Luna in the foyer. "And young Cougar, how are thou doing?" She asked me with genuine curiosity.

"Other than not being able to work because of my back, I'm doing alright I guess," I replied after shaking her hoof.

"I take it thou are here for a physician check up?"

"Yeah, and hopefully I can get right to work when we get back to Sweet Apple Acres," I walked with the group to what I hoped was the royal infirmary wing.

"Princess Luna, where is Princess Celesita?" Twilight asked Luna.

"My sister is in the throne room, but-" Luna started before Pinkie rushed to the throne room doors and threw them open.

"Founder her, found her, found her!" She exclaimed while jumping up and down.

"Hmph!" Celestia squealed in surprise with cake in her mouth. My mouth dropped at the amount of cake in her throne room. Her muzzle was covered with crumbs and frosting and I swear some cakes were taller than me!

"Good God, did you rob a bakery? I've never seen this much cake in my life!" I commented. Celestia blushed and zapped the cake out of the throne room.

"Hello Cougar, are you enjoying your stay at Sweet Apple Acres?" Celestia swallowed her bite of cake.

"Yep, and I really can't complain your highness, some ponies in PonyVille are afraid of me, but I really don't care," I responded.

"Well, with time, I'm certain my little ponies will grow to befriend you; I see the goodness inside of you Cougar, don't let false accusations consume you," she advised.

"Not a problem at all your-" I started but was cut off with a scream of what I thought was a little girl.

"AHHHHHH! Aunties Celestia and Luna! What is that vile creature that you've brought into our castle!" I looked over to see a stallion unicorn cowering near the door. "Did you shave a pet monkey or something?" He questioned.

"Blueblood!" Luna scolded, "this here is young Cougar. He is a human that was somehow transported to our world with no way back to his own. He is our guest and my friend and you shall treat him the way you treat Celestia and myself, do you understand?" Luna tapped his chest with her hoof.

"Respect a primate? Do you hear how ridiculous you sound Aunty Luna?" Blueblood berated his aunt which made my blood boil. Obviously this brat never learned how to respect authority figures or his elders or even the female of species. "How could I respect something that has the IQ of a sunflower and cannot speak!?" He demanded.

"You back off there bub," I warned and approached him.

"The primate talks!?" Blueblood replied to me, "don't you dare touch me with those filthy things, I swear I'll have you thrown in the dungeon if you mess up my coat!" he threatened. I stood higher than I normally did, trying to intimidate this pathetic excuse of a stallion.

"I don't care what you think of me, but I will NOT have you berating your aunt, who is an authority figure and most importantly, a FEMALE. You will show her respect and Princess Celestia and you will apologize to both of them for your piss poor behavior, do I make myself clear?" I got close to his face.

"You DARE talk to a royal like that?" He pawed the ground with his hoof and tried to charge at me. Luckily, the Air Force trained me in more than just flying an F-15. I ducked low and let my legs fall out from underneath me. My hands gripped the floor and my legs swept out like a broom, tripping Blueblood and forcing him to roll into a vase near the wall. There was a deafening crash when he hit and his horn got stuck in said wall. His front hooves hit the wall as he tried to pull himself out to no avail.

"That, was, AWESOME!" Rainbow cheered me on and patted my back.

"Thank you for putting that wretched pain in the rump in his place," Rarity actually smiled at me.

"Well young Cougar, it appears you do have goodness in your heart, thank you for sticking up for me, though my punishment would've been far worse for him," Luna winked at me.

"I was raised to never insult or attack a female, and I won't have somepony like him doing that; I'm more than sure you can handle him while I see the good doctors?" I replied.

"Of course Cougar," Celesita teleported some cake back to the throne room and watched as Blueblood attempted to escape the wall. He was screaming loudly, but the wall muffled him out.

"Pass some cake sister?" Luna conjured up some tea and a few chairs. Twilight stuck behind to talk to Celestia while the rest of us left.

"So, Ah'm taking Cougar to the doctors, what're yer plans?" Applejack asked her friends.

"I'm gonna go see if I can make some of the guards smile," Rainbow took off.

"I want to see the animals in the gardens, hopefully I can actually make some progress with them this time," Fluttershy trotted happily away.

"Well, I shall take a nice and quiet stroll about the castle and perhaps have some tea, Spike, care to come with me?" Rarity called out. Spike instantly was at her heel and she patted his head. Pinkie said something about going to sneak some goodies from the kitchen, but she talked too fast for me to hear correctly. This left myself and Applejack standing in the hallway.

"So, to the doctors?" I asked.

"Ah guess so. By the way, I can't thank ya enough for standing up fer Princess Luna," Applejack complimented, "that stuck up Prince gits away with so much 'n Ah couldn't stand how he was talkin' to a Princess, his aunt no less, 'n after what he did to Rarity a few years back at the Gala, he jest makes me so mad," Applejack gritted her teeth.

"Like I said before Applejack, I can't stand how some males treat females. I was raised to treat females with the utmost respect and kindness and to defend them if necessary." We soon found ourselves in front of the Royal Infirmary. I opened the door to see Nurse Candy Striper taking care of what looked to be one of the guards.

"Oh hello Cougar," she said, "are you here for your follow up visit?" She asked me.

"Yes I am, and I really want to get back and work," I replied.

"That's good, I'll just page the doctor and he'll be in with you in a moment."

*End Flashback*

To sum that trip up, my back was no longer tweaked and I could get back to work. Although, I heard it took both Celestia and Luna to pry Blueblood out of the wall. I smirked, thinking that he got what he deserved and then some. And though she didn't have to, Applejack baked me an Apple pie to celebrate my good health. Suddenly, there was a knock on the new door of my living quarters. I paused my iPad and took off my headphones. "Cougar, can Ah talk to ya please? Ah'm really sorry 'bout what happened down at the lake," Applejack called through the door. I got up and trudged to the door and opened it to reveal Applejack holding her cowgirl hat in her hoof.

"I already said that it's fine Applejack; I just don't want to talk about that anymore," I went back to my cot. Applejack put her cowgirl hat back on and followed me in only to sit down next to my cot.

"Pinkie didn't know what would happen when she did that," Applejack explained.

"She also doesn't know what personal space is," I replied, thinking about what happened.

*New Flashback*

I had put in a good two weeks of hard work at the farm. Every morning since I had arrived, I had gotten up at exactly 4:30, helped Granny and Applejack with breakfast and got right to work. The lunch break I had refused to take at first. I insisted on just bringing lunch in a pail and snacking on it while working, but Applejack and Applebloom practically forced me to take lunch breaks. I can't express how much I loved to work. In fact, I worked so hard that on numerous occasions I lost track of the time and would work till seven 'o clock. "Cougar, I appreciate how much ya like ta work, but ya really need to back off a bit," Applejack had told me as she let me get off at 3:00 today.

"Applejack, I just like to work," was all I replied. Good lord was it hot today. Sweat was pouring off me like I was standing under a waterfall. And it sucked that I only had two shirts that now stunk with sweat. I took off my shirt and balled it up under my arm. "Hey, you alright there Applejack?" I asked her. She seemed to be staring off into space, forcing me to snap my fingers at her.

"Uh yeah, s-sorry," Applejack rubbed the back of her head, "look, jest take the rest 'o the day off alright? Maybe go into town 'n git a milkshake or see if Fluttershy needs sum help, ya gotta relax," she advised me.

"Fine, I will, just let me get my other shirt," I replied. Applejack galloped away back to the house to speak to Granny Smith, leaving me next to the picket fence surrounding the property. I froze when my skin tingled and I felt eyes looking at me. I turned to see little fillies about Applebloom's age staring at me. I immediately recognized two of them. More particularly the pink one with the tiara on her head.

"Look everypony," she said in her snobbish voice, "the Apples aren't just a bunch of inbred, uneducated hillbillies," the brat remarked, "they now house freaks!" She pointed with her hoof. The grey pony with glasses standing next to her howled with laughter and everyone in the group joined in. This was the fourth time this week and ninth time overall that some ponies would come by the farm just to stare at me while I worked. I felt like an animal on display at the zoo, and now I felt bad for those animals in the zoo after going through what they did.

"At least they work for a living instead of mooching off their rich daddy," I replied with a smirk. The pink one stopped laughing and glared at me.

"You DARE talk about my father like that, you ugly ape!?" She screeched, "you wouldn't be fit to shine his hooves you pet!" She added with a hoof shake. Suddenly, a fling of mud flew past me and hit the pony square in the face.

"Great shot Applebloom!" I heard Scootaloo compliment while Sweetie Belle was rolling on the ground laughing.

"Ah! My father will hear about how you stained my coat hillbilly!" The pony swore and left in a huff.

"Keep walking Diamond Tiara, or else we'll get Cougar to snap that little head piece in half!" Sweetie Belle swore back. I finally remembered her name, but I really couldn't care less. Scootaloo bumped my fist with her hoof and leaned against my leg. When Applebloom introduced me to Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, the two reacted better than Anypony in town did. I guess since they trusted Applebloom, they met me with confidence.

"How'd you keep your cool like that Cougar?" Scootaloo asked me.

"Simple," I replied and started heading for my living quarters, "I've dealt with creatures like her in the past; I keep thinking that just because she has a rich daddy doesn't mean she's better than me or you," I explained, "plus her insults suck," I added.

"Well, Ah did like the mooching remark," Applebloom admitted.

"We totally need to hangout sometime," Scootaloo rapidly flapped her tiny wings.

"If I ever have time off from work," I replied with a smirk.

"Anyway, we've got some serious crusader business to deal with, bull fighting!" Scootaloo declared. The three fillies said their goodbyes and left me at my living quarters. Sighing and stretching, I opened the door only to have Pinkie thrusting her face in mine.

"HEY COUGAR!" She yelled. I freaked, only for a second and fell onto my back with Pinkie Pie standing over me. "So I was watching you work and thinking why doesn't Cougar ever ever take a break from working? Is he a workaholic or does he just not have a social life?" she blabbed on and on. "And anyway, I was hoping you'd join me and the girls at the lake so you can relax and cool off with some lemonade and cookies?" She touched my nose with her nose and put on puppy dog eyes.

"If I say yes, will you get outta my face?!" I asked loudly. She grinned widely and hopped off of me. I picked myself up and dusted myself off. Applejack rounded the corner of the house and discovered myself and Pinkie.

"Pinkie, didja hide from Cougar again and scare him?" She asked.

"No, I just surprised him silly, BIG difference," Pinkie stretched her forelegs out. Applejack smiled and rolled her eyes.

"So, ya ready to go to thu lake Cougar? You've worked hard enough to earn a little break," she asked me. I took off my Drive to End Hunger cap and put my aviators back on.

"Actually a cool dip does sound nice," I remarked and tossed my shirt into my living quarters.

"Great, the others are waiting for us," Pinkie Pie hopped up and down as the three of us made our way to the PonyVille lake. When we arrived however, I realized that I didn't have swim trunks with me, at all. I guess you forget your swim trunks when you get transported to a different world.

"Hey guys, water's great!" Rainbow did a cannon ball dive using her speed and splashed us good. Twilight and Fluttershy were swimming around and relaxing while Rarity was sitting on a lawn chair with a tanning mirror. Spike was fanning her with a giant fan and drooling a little bit. I looked over to not see Pinkie anymore. Applejack took off her hat and jumped into the water.

"Ahhhh," she cooed, "that does feel relaxin'. You comin' in Cougar?" She called out. All the ponies stopped what they were doing and waited for me to jump into the lake. Pinkie appeared from under the water wearing snorkeling gear.

"Yeah, thing is, I don't have swimming trunks," I rubbed the back of my neck.

"What are swimming trunks?" Rainbow asked me as she used her wings to stay afloat. I did not want to explain why I needed trunks, so I used the abridged version.

"It's a swim suit that human males wear and have to wear when they go swimming," I explained. Pinkie hopped out of the water and stopped right in front of me.

"Well, can't you just swim in your clothes then?" She asked.

"No, I don't want them to start smelling like fungi. That combined with sweat will knock a buzzard off a gut wagon," I shuddered. Then, the worst thing that's happened to me since I arrived happened.

"Okay, then what do you need these clothes for? Off they go!" Pinkie grabbed the top of my cargo pants and yanked down at what seemed to be the speed of light. My brain couldn't compute what had happened so fast. I heard seven loud gasps when Pinkie yanked down. A small breeze made its presence known in between my knees. Looking down in horror, I saw Pinkie backing away and my pants were down at my ankles.

"Oh my," Rarity blushed and covered her eyes and Spike's. Fluttershy dove below the water, Twilight used her wings to shield her eyes, Applejack blushed like crazy and looked upwards at the sky, Rainbow zoomed across the lake and turned around and Pinkie looked down at the ground.

"Oh shit," I panicked and yanked my pants back up. Embarrassment turned to anger as I turned around quickly, "I'm going back to the farm!" I shouted.

"No, wait!" I heard Pinkie yell and appeared in front of me. "I'm so so sorry, I had no idea that it was always out!" She apologized over and over.

"I don't want to talk about it," I replied and ignored her as best as I could.

"Look if you're embarrassed about the size I'll be the first to say it's actually pretty b-" Pinkie started before I covered her muzzle with my hand.

"Just, stop, please," I said with gritted teeth and walked back to the farm.

*End Flashback*

"Well Cougar, Ah want to make it up to ya," Applejack said softly to me.

"And how are you going to do that? Do you have something that will make me forget that six female ponies and one male dragon saw my package?" I replied, "because that's not what I wanted to do when I said I'd go swimming."

"Uh no, but Applebloom wanted ta go campin' next Saturday after we git done sellin' apples 'n we were both wonderin' if ya wanted ta join us?" Applejack asked with hopeful eyes.

"Just us three?" I asked.

"No, Rainbow Dash 'n Scootaloo would come 'n so would Sweetie Belle 'n Rarity. It would be a whole weekend's trip if yer up fer it," Applejack explained. I put my iPad under my cot.

"I don't have a tent," I said.

"That's okay, Ah have a spare with me. You ever been campin' before?" Applejack asked me.

"Years and years ago, but I remember most of it," I responded.

"Alright then, next Saturday it is," Applejack patted my back. She was about to leave when I stopped her.

"Hey, could I go with you and Applebloom to sell apples? I kinda want to see what else PonyVille has to offer," I asked.

"'O course Cougar, yer gonna love it. Ya might even meet some new friends besides Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Applebloom," she replied before leaving. And with that, I put my headphones back on and resumed listening to my music.

End Chapter VI

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Here's a long chapter just for you guys! I hope this made up for the lack of events in the previous chapter. And yes, I despise Blueblood and Diamond Tiara. Will Cougar ever talk to Pinkie Pie after what she did? How will the camping trip go? Find out in a couple chapters!